And thou may’st weep and thou may’st joy,
      For ‘pleasant is the joy of grief;’
    And when thou look’st with tearful eye
      To heaven, thy God will give relief.

    Wilt thou, then, kneel beside the sod
      Of her who kneels with thee no more,
    And give thy heart anew to God,
      Who griefs unnumbered for thee bore? 
    And while on earth thy feet shall rove,
      To scenes of bliss oft raise thine eye,
    Where, all-absorbed in holy love,
      I wait to hail thee to the sky.”

On the 3d of July, 1825, the marriage took place, Miss Hall being then 21 years old, and Mr. Boardman 24.  His slender figure, and transparent complexion, even then seemed to indicate that his mission on earth might soon be fulfilled, but both he and his bride were young and sanguine, and no misgivings for the future disturbed their happiness in each other.  Indeed the grief of parting with all they had ever loved and cherished, though chastened by submission to what they believed the Divine call, was sufficient to merge all lighter causes of anxiety.

On the day following their marriage they left Salem for the place of embarkation.  They were to sail first to Calcutta, and if on reaching there the troubles in Burmah should prevent their going at once to that country, they were to remain in Calcutta, and apply themselves to the acquisition of the Burman language.

In expectation of their speedy departure, meetings for special prayer were held at Boston, Salem, New York, and Philadelphia.  The spirit which animated these meetings, and breathed in all the supplications offered, was indicative of deep interest in the mission, and of united and determined resolution, by the grace of God to support it.  Mr. and Mrs. B. were everywhere received with the utmost kindness, and nothing was withheld which could contribute to animate them in their arduous undertaking, and render their future voyage pleasant and healthful.  The captain and other officers of the ship Asia in which they were to sail, made the most ample provision for their comfort and accommodation, and rendered them every attention in a manner most grateful to their feelings.  At a concert of prayer in Philadelphia, Mr. Boardman was called upon to give a brief account to the audience of the motives which had induced him to devote his life to the missionary service.  In his reply, he took occasion in the first place to acknowledge the goodness of God to him through his whole life.  When he entered Waterville College—­the first student ever admitted there not hopefully pious—­his fellow-students, impressed with this fact, solemnly engaged with each other, unknown to him, to remember him in their supplications, until their prayers for his conversion should be answered.  Six months from that time he found peace in believing, and his first prayer was that God would make him useful.  His mind was so impressed with the condition of our